Bicycle skirt



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No. 6l6,026. Patented Dec. l3, I898. H. STEIN. BICYCLE SKIRT. (Applicatiozi filer} June 17, 1896.)

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No. 6|6,026. Patented Dec. I3, I898. H. STEIN.

BICYCLE SKIRT. (Anplication filed June 17, 1896.) (No Modal.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HULDA STEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JULIUS STEIN & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-SKIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,026, dated December 13, 1898.

Application filed June 1'7, 1896. Serial No. 595,851. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-IULDA STEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in'New York city, county and State of New York, have invented a Bicycle-Skirt, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to womens bicycleskirts especially adapted for use in bicycle riding.

The invention consists of a bicycle-garment, as hereinafter set forth, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

In the drawings, in which like letters designa-te corresponding parts, Figure l is a rear elevation of a woman wearing a skirt made in accordance with my invention and seated on a bicycle. Fig. 2 is a side fragmental elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of a skirt embodying my invention, and Fig. at is an elevation of the skirt with the front removed and looking toward the back. Fig. 5 is a side View illustrating the shape of the skirt when spread out.

The skirt A is made with the usual continuous front and sides and ornamented or draped as desired. At the back is a deep inward extension at to form a seat portion. The extension reaches from near the top to the bottom of the skirt and grows graduallydeeper downward from the top to a point about midway the length of the skirt. From this point down the depth of the extension is generally uniform. The extension is generally made of the same material as the skirt and is continuous with the skirt. When the wearer is not seated on a bicycle, the extension should be supported in place by some suitable means, and so as not to interfere with the drapery of the skirt. In the best form of the invention I employ for this purpose a strap 0, secured to the extension inside the skirt and connected with the front of the skirt, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to pass between the limbs of the wearer. This strap preferably consists of two sections adjustably connected by buttons. In place of these means for supporting the extension I may employ other means suitable for the purpose without departing from the invention. lVhether the wearer is walking, standing, or sitting the extension maintains its place and is entirely concealed within the skirt and does not interfere with the graceful hanging of the skirt or its drapery.

When the wearer is seated on a bicycle, the extension at fits over the saddle, as shown in Fig. 2, and enablesv the rider to sit free and unhampered and without any binding of the skirt about the body or limbs. The outer mar gins b of the extension Ct hang downward near the back of the saddle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the extension 0t in no way interferes with the graceful hanging of the skirt.

I generally provide the skirt with straps d, one on each side, adapted to be buttoned or otherwise fastened to the boot or leggings of the wearer near the ankle, so as to hold the skirt down. These straps are especially useful in windy weather.

6 are elastic bands to hold the drapery of the skirt in place.

In Fig. 5 the skirt is shown spread out to illustrate the shape of the skirt. The extension a is shown as projecting outward. The back of the ordinary skirt would end at the line g, so that all that part between the lines 9 and h is the extension a. The line h shows that the extension is. made with a curve a little above the middle. \Vhen the wearer is riding, the skirt hangs free from the sprocket wheel of the bicycle.

IVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Abicycle-garment, comprising a continuous skirt provided in the rear at the seat portion thereof with an inwardly-extended portion forming a pocket adapted to fit the saddle of the bicycle, with the sides of the skirt which extend rearwardly and downward from said pocket hanging freely so as to conceal the pocket and adapted to open freely to permit the passage of the saddle between them, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HULDA STEIN.

Witnesses:

ADOLPH LEWYN, EDWIN SEGER. 

